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Table 4 Serum inflammatory markers after each of the three dietary treatments

From: Effects of supplementing n-3 fatty acid enriched eggs and walnuts on cardiovascular disease risk markers in healthy free-living lacto-ovo-vegetarians: a randomized, crossover, free-living intervention study

DIET TREATMENTS

Inflammatory marker

Standard egg (control)

n-3 FA enriched egg

Walnut

Global P-value1

TNF-α2 (pg/mL)

0.33 (0.15, 0.72)

0.30 (0.14, 0.65)

0.32 (0.15, 0.69)

0.30

E-selectin2 (ng/mL)

0.79 (0.55, 1.12)

0.72 (0.51, 1.02)

0.77 (0.55, 1.10)

0.43

IL-12 (pg/mL)

3.10 (2.52, 3.82)

3.19 (2.60. 3.92)

2.99 (2.43, 3.67)

0.71

IL-62 (pg/mL)

0.89 (0.66, 1.19)

0.97 (0.72, 1.29)

0.79 (0.59, 1.06)

0.23

sICAM3 (ng/mL)

9.13 (8.20, 10.06)

9.42 (8.79, 10.05)

9.78 (8.84, 10.73)

0.81

hs-CRP3 (ng/mL)

1.95 (1.39, 2.51)

2.64 (1.33, 3.96)

2.36 (1.31, 3.42)

0.75

  1. 1Global P-value for significant difference among treatments.
  2. 2P-values were determined by using mixed linear models, adjusting for subject and period effects, on log-transformed data. Results are least square means and 95% CIs after back-transformation.
  3. 3P-values determined by using Friedman’s chi-squared test.: TNF-α-Tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-Interleukin; sICAM-Soluble intracellular adhesion molecule; hs-CRP-High sensitivity c-reactive protein.